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The following source indexes thousands of American and British records of German mercenaries:  
The following source indexes thousands of American and British records of German mercenaries:  


Smith, Clifford Neal. ''Cumulative Surname Index and Soundex to Monographs 1 through 12 of the German-American Genealogical Research Series''. McNeal, Arizona, USA: Westland Publishing, 1983.[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/229888?availability=Family%20History%20Library (FHL book 973 W2smn no. 13.)] This index lists only the soldier's surname and the series number of the monograph where information about that soldier can be found. Each monograph is individually indexed. The monograph normally lists the soldier's name, rank, and unit. Some of the following may also be listed: birthplace; age; occupation; promotions; where the soldier resided or was recruited; and whether he was wounded, killed, missing in action, captured, deserted, or sold, and where.
Smith, Clifford Neal. ''Cumulative Surname Index and Soundex to Monographs 1 through 12 of the German-American Genealogical Research Series''. McNeal, Arizona, USA: Westland Publishing, 1983.[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/229888  (FHL book 973 W2smn no. 13.)] This index lists only the soldier's surname and the series number of the monograph where information about that soldier can be found. Each monograph is individually indexed. The monograph normally lists the soldier's name, rank, and unit. Some of the following may also be listed: birthplace; age; occupation; promotions; where the soldier resided or was recruited; and whether he was wounded, killed, missing in action, captured, deserted, or sold, and where.


''' Additional Sources '''
''' Additional Sources '''
*Karl J.R. Arndt.'' How to Find Your Hessian Ancestor.'' Genealogical Journal 6 (March, 1977):15-18. FHL 973 D25gj.
*Karl J.R. Arndt.'' How to Find Your Hessian Ancestor.'' Genealogical Journal 6 (March, 1977):15-18. FHL 973 D25gj.
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/629540?availability=Family%20History%20Library Don Heinrich Tolzmann, ed. ''German Allied Troops in the American Revolution: J. R. Rosengarten's Survey of German Archives and Sources.'' Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1993. FHL 973 M2ge]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/629540 Don Heinrich Tolzmann, ed. ''German Allied Troops in the American Revolution: J. R. Rosengarten's Survey of German Archives and Sources.'' Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1993. FHL 973 M2ge]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2059873 Journal of the Johannes Schwalm Historical Association.]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2059873 Journal of the Johannes Schwalm Historical Association.]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/79611?availability=Family%20History%20Library Clifford Neal Smith. ''Annotated Hessian Chaplaincy Record of the American Revolution.'' MeNeal, Arizona, Westland Publications, 1994. FHL 973 W2smn no. 30]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/79611 Clifford Neal Smith. ''Annotated Hessian Chaplaincy Record of the American Revolution.'' MeNeal, Arizona, Westland Publications, 1994. FHL 973 W2smn no. 30]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/199604?availability=Family%20History%20LibraryClifford Neal Smith. ''British and German deserters, discharges, and prisoners of war who may have remained in Canada and the United States.''McNeal, Arizona : Westland Publications, c1988-. FHL 973 W2sco pt 1 & Pt 2]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/199604Clifford Neal Smith. ''British and German deserters, discharges, and prisoners of war who may have remained in Canada and the United States.''McNeal, Arizona : Westland Publications, c1988-. FHL 973 W2sco pt 1 & Pt 2]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/479979?availability=Family%20History%20LibraryClifford Neal Smith. ''Deserters and disbanded soldiers from British, German and Loyalist military units in the South, 1782.''McNeal, Arizona : Westland Publications, c1991. FHL 973 W2scd]   
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/479979Clifford Neal Smith. ''Deserters and disbanded soldiers from British, German and Loyalist military units in the South, 1782.''McNeal, Arizona : Westland Publications, c1991. FHL 973 W2scd]   
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/114302?availability=Family%20History%20Library Clifford Neal Smith. ''Mercenaries from Ansbach and Bayreuth, Germany who remained in America after the Revolution.''Thomson, Illinois : Heritage House, 1974. FHL 973 W2smn no. 2 1974]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/114302 Clifford Neal Smith. ''Mercenaries from Ansbach and Bayreuth, Germany who remained in America after the Revolution.''Thomson, Illinois : Heritage House, 1974. FHL 973 W2smn no. 2 1974]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/211874?availability=Family%20History%20Library Clifford Neal Smith. ''Mercenaries from Ansbach and Bayreuth, Germany, who remained in America after the Revolution.''McNeal, Arizona : Westland Publications, 1979. FHL 973 W2smn no. 2 19179.]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/211874 Clifford Neal Smith. ''Mercenaries from Ansbach and Bayreuth, Germany, who remained in America after the Revolution.''McNeal, Arizona : Westland Publications, 1979. FHL 973 W2smn no. 2 19179.]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/211891?availability=Family%20History%20Library Clifford Neal Smith. ''Mercenaries from Hessen-Hanau who remained in Canada and the United States after the American Revolution.''DeKalb, Illinois : Westland Publications, 1976.]  
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/211891 Clifford Neal Smith. ''Mercenaries from Hessen-Hanau who remained in Canada and the United States after the American Revolution.''DeKalb, Illinois : Westland Publications, 1976.]  
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/211882?availability=Family%20History%20Library Clifford Neal Smith. ''Muster rolls and prisoner-of-war lists in American archival collections pertaining to the German mercenary troops who served with the British forces during the American Revolution.''DeKalb, Illinois : Westland Publications, 1976. FHL 973 W2smn no. 3]  
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/211882 Clifford Neal Smith. ''Muster rolls and prisoner-of-war lists in American archival collections pertaining to the German mercenary troops who served with the British forces during the American Revolution.''DeKalb, Illinois : Westland Publications, 1976. FHL 973 W2smn no. 3]  
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/629164?availability=Family%20History%20Library Clifford Neal Smith. ''Notes on Hessian soldiers who remained in Canada and the United States after the American Revolution, 1775-1784.''McNeal, Arizona : Westland Publications, 1992, 1996. FHL 973 W2smn no 28 pt 1-3;973 W2smn no. 28 4A-4E]   
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/629164 Clifford Neal Smith. ''Notes on Hessian soldiers who remained in Canada and the United States after the American Revolution, 1775-1784.''McNeal, Arizona : Westland Publications, 1992, 1996. FHL 973 W2smn no 28 pt 1-3;973 W2smn no. 28 4A-4E]   


''' Histories '''
''' Histories '''
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/298650?availability=Family%20History%20Library Max Von Eelking. ''The German Allied Troops in the North American War of Independence, 1887-1783.'' Albany:Joel Munsell's Sons, 1893. reprint Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1969. FHL 973 M2r]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/298650 Max Von Eelking. ''The German Allied Troops in the North American War of Independence, 1887-1783.'' Albany:Joel Munsell's Sons, 1893. reprint Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1969. FHL 973 M2r]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/612350?availability=Family%20History%20Library Rodney Atwood. ''The Hessians: Mercenaries from Hessen Kassel in the American Revolution.'' Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1980. FHL 973 H2at]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/612350 Rodney Atwood. ''The Hessians: Mercenaries from Hessen Kassel in the American Revolution.'' Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1980. FHL 973 H2at]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/213334?availability=Family%20History%20Library Edward J. Lowell. '' The Hessians and other German Auxiliaries of Great Britain in the Revolutionary War.'' New York: Harper & Brothers, 1884. FHL 973 M2Lej]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/213334 Edward J. Lowell. '' The Hessians and other German Auxiliaries of Great Britain in the Revolutionary War.'' New York: Harper & Brothers, 1884. FHL 973 M2Lej]


''' Canada '''
''' Canada '''
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/125910?availability=Family%20History%20Library Virginia Easley DeMarce. '' The Settlement of Former German Auxiliary Troops in Canada after the American Revolution.'' Sparta, Wisconsin, 1984. FHL 971 W2dv]  
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/125910 Virginia Easley DeMarce. '' The Settlement of Former German Auxiliary Troops in Canada after the American Revolution.'' Sparta, Wisconsin, 1984. FHL 971 W2dv]  
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/488157?availability=Family%20History%20Library Jean-Pierre Wihelmy. '' German Mercenaries in Canada.'' Beloeil,Quebec: Maison des Mots, 1985. FHL 971 M2w]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/488157 Jean-Pierre Wihelmy. '' German Mercenaries in Canada.'' Beloeil,Quebec: Maison des Mots, 1985. FHL 971 M2w]


====American Civil War====
====American Civil War====
About one in ten Union soldiers was born in Germany. Over 200,000 German immigrants to the United States were recruited by the Union, many as they stepped off the boat. Some were drafted. Some Germans served in the Confederate military. To find information about Germans who fought in the Civil War, see [[United States Military Records]].
About one in ten Union soldiers was born in Germany. Over 200,000 German immigrants to the United States were recruited by the Union, many as they stepped off the boat. Some were drafted. Some Germans served in the Confederate military. To find information about Germans who fought in the Civil War, see [[United States Military Records]].


*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/638433?availability=Family%20History%20Library William L. Burton.''Melting pot soldiers : the Union's ethnic regiments.''Ames, Iowa : Iowa State University Press, 1988. FHL 973 M2bw]   
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/638433 William L. Burton.''Melting pot soldiers : the Union's ethnic regiments.''Ames, Iowa : Iowa State University Press, 1988. FHL 973 M2bw]   
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/424136?availability=Family%20History%20Library Ella Lonn. ''Foreigners in the Union Army and Navy'' reprint New York, New York: Greenwood Press, 1969. FHL 973 M2Le]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/424136 Ella Lonn. ''Foreigners in the Union Army and Navy'' reprint New York, New York: Greenwood Press, 1969. FHL 973 M2Le]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/638433?availability=Family%20History%20Library Walter D. Kamphoefner and Wolfgang Helbich, eds. ''Germans in the Civil War : the letters they wrote home.'' University of North  Carolina Press, 2006. FHL 973 F2kw]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/638433 Walter D. Kamphoefner and Wolfgang Helbich, eds. ''Germans in the Civil War : the letters they wrote home.'' University of North  Carolina Press, 2006. FHL 973 F2kw]


== Locating Military Records  ==
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